Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [pron] expect " in BNC.
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1 | Oh it 's , I mean I expected |
2 | Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it . |
3 | Yeah , ah films I mean you expect to go back , but this is , what on earth was that ? |
4 | ‘ But in this job I know what to expect . |
5 | And the I suppose they expected to whirl round like that and all go into the er the the boxes . |
6 | ‘ I suppose you expect me to pay for that drink , do you ? ’ |
7 | I suppose I expected him to pounce or something . |
8 | Erm , she died quicker than I think they expected actually , she had cancer of the liver , so I 'm glad she did n't suffer any longer . |
9 | " She does n't say so , but at times I think she expects me to although she knows I ca n't . |
10 | I think he expected that to be the end of it , since he continued to be surprised and concerned every time lesbianism came up , in whatever form , over the following seven years . |
11 | It all went according to plan for her and I think he expected the same for me . |
12 | I think you expect me to spell everything out , oh , just hang on for a moment will you Barbara , fine . |
13 | At Calais the peg-legged porter unloading the baggage with as much agility as his able-bodied fellows became , in my over-heated imagination , a victim of Verdun , and such was the exotic evocation of ‘ foreign soil ’ , that I think I expected northern France to be totally distinct from southern England — almost like another planet . |
14 | ‘ You mean you expected it ? ’ |
15 | If you find you are not ‘ in the right place ’ , then look at the written statements and ask PP to say them again now that you know what to expect . |
16 | ‘ You know what to expect ? ’ |
17 | We can give them booklets , information on you know what to expect |
18 | after that we sort of passed it on to the one next you know what to expect , but if it was down to my mother she 'd never tell you . |
19 | If you take it , I shall hear , and you know what to expect , do n't you ? |
20 | ‘ And you think I expect a return ? ’ |
21 | ‘ We know what to expect from the world champions , ’ said Davies . |
22 | We know what to expect . |
23 | They say he expected his tour manager to catch it . |
24 | They say he expects people to shoot the other chap in the back , if they possibly can . ’ |
25 | When they visit I expect my husband to be polite to them . |
26 | An argument frequently advanced for being consistent is that it is fairer on other people , they know what to expect and ‘ where they stand ’ . |
27 | They know what to expect and what to ask for , and they tend to deliver extremely well . |
28 | My attitude on the block was ; they know what they 're there for , if they overstep the mark they know what to expect . |
29 | If they surrender they expect to be stripped of uniforms and weapons and sent back naked . |